Cafe Racers That Inspire You!! Post your pics.

[FooFoo]

 

[Uncle Ernie]

A 400 and a /2 BMW

 

[liam]

this yabsa 750 is nice (XS650 engine, bsa style frame) made by http://www.tottimotori.com/
not dead keen on the swingarm, or the mudguards, but other then that, very nicely made

 

[isolato]

mmmm God, that bangers and mash looks good!!! and a Guiness to boot... is that at the Hungry Toad in Boulder? wait... American Spirits' in the background... I guess you are nowhere near Boulder.

late 70's R100S I believe

 

[boomshakalaka]

oh, nice! Im going for that color scheme, just diff parts painted those colors..

 

[FooFoo]

mmmm God, that bangers and mash looks good!!! and a Guiness to boot... is that at the Hungry Toad in Boulder? wait... American Spirits' in the background... I guess you are nowhere near Boulder.

late 70's R100S I believe

The bangers and mash are from Two Fooles Tavern in Albuquerque.

Too bad I didn't have a pic of the fish and chips.

 

[Tim]

I missed that place in Albuquerque. Spent a little time down there in 1992. Lived in Window Rock for a few months and took a few trips in the area.

 

[Uncle Ernie]

Looks like a new site- may not be finished yet. Some good pictures, though;

http://www.vintagecaferider.com/index.html

 

[jayellay]

I think these are Zero Engineering bikes.

These look like Chicara's bkes, but a million each? Sounds a bit far-fetched.

 

[boomshakalaka]

Looks like a new site- may not be finished yet. Some good pictures, though;

http://www.vintagecaferider.com/index.html

its a cool site... if this were 1993...

 

[DrJ]

I think these are Zero Engineering bikes.

Nope, Chicara for sure.

http://www.chicara.com/

 

[jayellay]

Damn it DrJ, you’re right. Have you heard that Zero is in Vegas now? under a different name I think, Am I hearing right?


Jay

Nope, Chicara for sure.

http://www.chicara.com/

 

[DrJ]

Damn it DrJ, you’re right. Have you heard that Zero is in Vegas now? under a different name I think, Am I hearing right?

Zero Engineering opened a Vegas shop about 5 years ago but shortly afterwards, its founder, Shinya Kimura left and opened his own shop Chabott near Pasadena, CA.

Zero Japan http://www.zerochop.com/, Zero Vegs http://www.zero-eng.com/ and Chabott http://www.chabottengineering.com/ are all still in operation.

Incidentally, Brad Pitt has been spotted riding on a very Zeroesque bike.

 

[Hoofhearted]

Shinya is one cool dude. He showed up at El Mirage last year and failed tech. The biggest reason was a total lack of a primary chain guard on his Knuck. The tech guy told him what he needed and Shinya smiled and took off. He was back the next morning with a beautiful alloy cover. I said to him it was an amazing piece of work considering the time frame. He just smiled and shrugged his shoulders like it was no big deal. Class act.

By weslake, shot with Canon PowerShot A430 at 2008-10-15

 

[dentedvw]

Nortorious looks to have a VW beetle pre-68 headlamp housing on it. very cool!

At first, I thought it looks like it's most likely a Vrod headlight.

That's the headlight I have been wanting for my CL for a while. But, since it doesn't run, it would be foolish to spend two hundred on a headlight. Then, upon closer inspection, you can clearly see the chrome ring, a seemingly dead giveaway for the VW light. I loved those lights, it was one of my favorite parts on my '66 beetle.

But, then you see there is only a single adjusting screw on the bottom. This leads me to think it might perhaps be a Porsche piece. Not as familiar with them, so can't say for sure. The VW model had two, as you can see, and then the single retaining screw on the bottom, which is not present on Nortorious.

 

[NJWanker]

Na , it's not . It's off a V-Rod . Saw the " Biker Buildoff " episode . Be cooler if it was though.

 

[cb750dude]

Carpy

 

[bunnyman]

Re: A real V twin...mmmmmm

Look at this it is soooo beautiful. The one and only V twin to have i think....... ;D

http://www.eyeofthebeholderinc.com/daytona1/

I just soiled my pants.

 

[DrJ]

Carpy

Yeah, lot's of Carpy fans out there. I find his bikes a bit too "themed". And that 16" rear wheel is just silly.

 

[miob]

i dont care that the tank says suzuki and the motors bmw. if you change anything about this bike i will hunt you down and kill you. for your own good of course

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm


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